Sentences with phrase «on building a case against»

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In Iraq, part of Petraeus's success was built on helping to engineer a shift in loyalties among Sunni Muslim militias that, in many cases, had been fighting against the U.S. and Iraqi government.

U.S. prosecutors are focusing on Valeant Pharmaceutical's (vrx) former chief executive and chief financial officer as they build a fraud case against the drugmaker, Bloomberg reported.

Bloom, a lawyer who built a reputation on representing women in high - profile sexual harassment cases against powerful men, came under fire from critics.

The film examines the potential consequences that arise when law enforcement officials zero in on one suspect and work to build a case against that person while ignoring any contradictory evidence.

Featuring a star - studded cast (Cuba Gooding Jr., John Travolta, Sarah Paulson), the series highlights some of the trial's most prominent themes, such as fame and race, while focusing on how the state's prosecution tried to build its criminal case against Simpson only to watch it come undone.

Prosecutors have built much of their case against Zambada on evidence from their star witnesses, the Flores twins.

Gather evidence — Though you'd probably rather sit next to a crying baby and an obese man on a trans - Atlantic flight, going through your surveillance tapes is the first way to start building a case against an employee that is stealing from your business.

As for the ideologists who claim to know the way to a perfectly just society and who «build a case against God in defense of man, on whom can they depend when human activity proves powerless?»

In those cases the court deferred to the judgment of the Air Force that the free - exercise claim of a Jewish officer who wore his yarmulke on duty could not be accommodated; it deferred to the judgment of correctional authorities that the free - exercise claim of a Black Muslim to attend Friday afternoon religious services could not be accommodated; it deferred to the judgment of the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service that building a logging road through a national forest was necessary despite the damage to religious practices of Native American tribes in that area; it deferred to the Internal Revenue Service's ruling that Bob Jones University was not entitled to tax exemption because of its religiously motivated rule against interracial dating and marriage on campus; it deferred to the judgment of the secretary of labor that a religious community must pay its members the minimum wage for work they performed in the group's business although the members said they had religious objections to being paid for their work.

One can lay out all the evidence and build (and have built) an airtight case against every single religion on Earth past and present, but still believers will not budge from their point of view, even when presented with the lies and contradictions in the very scriptures they they base their beliefs on.

It is «blatantly non-Indian and recognizably an illegitimate child of colonialism», which introduced the idea of priority of State over Religion against the Indian concept of building the State on the basis of a «secondary allegiance» as in the case of Asoka and Akbar and, in modern India, Mahatma Gandhi.

Before the federal court as we write is a case brought by the U.S. Attorney against a co-op building on the Lower East Side for refusing a woman permission to keep a stray pit bull she adopted.

One can lay out all the evidence and build (and have built) an airtight case against every single religion on Earth past and present, but still believers will not budge from their point of view, even when presented with the lies and contradictions in the very scriptures they base their beliefs on.

Many good people build their case against homosexuality almost entirely on the Bible.

But since then Wenger has been slowly building this one with a few minutes at the end of a game here and few minutes at the end of the game there and then interestingly a good twenty minutes against Southampton, the more observant would have noticed that Wenger always tries to salvage something when all seems lost and in this case it was giving valuable unpressured pitch time to the young would be DM before finally starting him against Bournemouth during which he found his confidence and got better and better as that game went on to the point where we were all singing his praises at the end.

For example, in case number 87 C 10746, Gutzmacher v. Public Building Commission, in U.S. District Court for the Northern District ofIllinois, Eastern Division, Senior Federal District Judge James B. Parson ruled on Dec. 4, 1989 that the Public Building Commission was enjoined from discriminating against all forms of religious expression and ordered the Public Building Commission to permit Gutzmacher to erect a nativity scene display during the Christmas season,» added Scholten.

But in the case of these ads against Alexander and Murkowski, we're basically talking about ONE GUY who's built up enough of a fundraising apparatus to run list - building ads on major online publications.

Yet the case against Shaker was built partly on the dodgy tip - offs of a notoriously unreliable Guantánamo informant, who was subsequently rewarded with McDonald's apple pies and other items.

In a news conference held yesterday at the offices of Asian Americans for Equality, attorneys working on the case pro-bono announced a civil lawsuit against the building owner, Fair Only Real Estate Corp..

Federal prosecutors, bent on telling a story of public corruption, used cherry - picked evidence, untrustworthy witnesses and innuendo to build a case against former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, lawyers for the men said in closing arguments yesterday.

Since taking over from the rather more liberal, Kenneth Clarke Grayling has attacked human rights as «political correctness», proposed dramatic restrictions to the right of individuals to challenge the state through judicial review, imposed significant restrictions on access to lawyers with no - win no - fee cases, moved the government back on to the course of building more (and bigger) prisons — despite the evidence against them — and is set on dramatically privatising up to 70 % of the probation service ceding state responsibility for offenders to commercial enterprises.

Lawyers for Aiello and Gerardi say the case against them is built on lies from former lobbyist Todd Howe, who has pleaded guilty and is cooperating with prosecutors.

The case against the Skeloses was partly built on secretly recorded phone conversations, despite Adam allegedly using a disposable «burner» phone to evade investigators working with Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara.

Lawyers for the men say the case against them was built on lies from former lobbyist Todd Howe, who has pleaded guilty and is cooperating with prosecutors.

Sure, developers can build nearly 500 housing units on top of a crucial fresh water aquifer even though the county has recommended against it, as is the case with Patrick Farm in Ramapo.

Gathering more detailed data on surface chemistry, the history of liquid water, climate cycles, and the exact constituents of the atmosphere are critical to building a case for — or against — life.

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA)-- not part of WADA — for instance, built a 2004 doping case against sprinter Michelle Collins in part on indirect evidence, including years of urine tests that showed «extreme fluctuations» in her testosterone levels.

«Our case against JSwipe is about their theft of our technology and their brazen attempt to build a business on the back of JDate,» said Michael Egan, CEO of Spark Networks.

You realize early on that the film, posing as a thriller, is backing itself into a corner, as it builds the case against Lucas wholeheartedly.

The unanimous decision, which marked the first time the high court had heard a case on the subject, clears the way for Laramie County School District No. 1 to pursue its $ 200,000 negligence and breach - of - contract claim against the architects of a school that began to crumble less than 10 years after it was built.

Writing a persuasive essay is something like a lawyer that is making the arguing of the case before the hurry and ten the very writer will make the stand on the issue that will either for or against and will build the possible argument to have the victory over the reader.

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Make sure it's YOUR name only on the title of the building if it is, then you have a MAJOR case against them.

Permanent coverage has the potential to build cash value, which means that, generally, the premiums you pay (1) grow with interest; (2) can, in some cases, be borrowed against; and (3) on indexed and variable policies, can be placed within investment accounts.

Undervaluation should provide an opportunity to build in a margin of safety, which protects an investor against being «upside down» on an investment in case the business does something wrong or somehow performs unexpectedly.

Postscript * For context on my opening point, read my 1991 Good Housekeeping profile of an American nun in Brazil who, faced with the frequent murders of slum children, built a case against a Brazilian police officer.

Drawing on case studies of past environmental debates such as those over acid rain and ozone depletion, science policy experts Roger Pielke Jr. and Daniel Sarewitz argue that once next generation technologies are available that make meaningful action on climate change lower - cost, then much of the argument politically over scientific uncertainty is likely to diminish.26 Similarly, research by Yale University's Dan Kahan and colleagues suggest that building political consensus on climate change will depend heavily on advocates for action calling attention to a diverse mix of options, with some actions such as tax incentives for nuclear energy, government support for clean energy research, or actions to protect cities and communities against climate risks, more likely to gain support from both Democrats and Republicans.

In a leaked memo titled the «Global Climate Science Communications Plan,» the task force laid out a strategy to «build a case against precipitous action on climate change based on the scientific uncertainty.»

SAN PEDRO, Laguna, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) is building up a case against a group of farmers responsible for the August 8 attack on a field testing site of the controversial Golden Rice in Pili, Camarines Sur.

He'll talk about building on our work to #StopAdani, the push for fossil fuel divestment and the groundbreaking NYC legal case against five of the world's biggest oil companies, and ensure climate change is the number one issue on any election agenda.

We at the Staver Law Group will work with you to determine fault, build a case against those responsible, and seek fair compensation on your behalf.

Successfully arguing these defenses will cast doubt on your guilt and make it tough for the prosecution to build a strong case against you.

Other defenses can be used to cast doubt on your guilt and make it difficult for the state to build a persuasive case against you.

Won a $ 20 million case on behalf of tenants of an apartment building on the Upper East Side against their landlord who had demanded a rent increase after claiming to have made $ 2 million in improvements to the building

In some cases, you may have a legitimate case for a civil suit against a negligent party, such as a building owner who didn't disclose the deteriorated condition of their roof before allowing you to step foot on it.

We can help you weigh your legal options, build a strong case against the at - fault party, and negotiate a fair settlement based on the full value of your losses.

An experienced lawyer will acquire the necessary evidence on your behalf to ensure you build a strong, fair case against ICBC.

On June 11, 2013, Ms. Sojourner appeared before the Rental Board in a case against her former landlord, for not addressing toxic mold water damage, and for inappropriate conduct by her building superintendent, in her apartment in the Côte - des - Neiges borough.

Mr. Rogan works for you to build a case against the driver responsible for the accident so that you can focus on recovering.

The cooperative spirit of the mediation process alleviates a great deal of the stress that is common in standard divorces — whether you are on the sending or receiving end of such contentious processes as serving or being served and building a case or defending against one.